Chicago Climate Action, International Day of Climate Action, Octobr 24, 2009
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CHICAGO - Nearly 500 people braved rain and unusually cold weather to attend Chicago's largest International Day of Climate Action event -- a mass rally, protest march and blockade of the controversial Fisk coal-fired power station in the Pilsen community in Chicago. Chicago activists were determined to send a strong climate message to President Obama as he and the US government prepares for the December Climate talks in Copenhagen: End Coal! Clean Energy NOW! 350 (ppm) at Copenhagen!
From the main stage, local community members and activists told the story of day-to-day pollution and health effects, which they attribute to the operation of the Fisk plant in Pilsen, and the Crawford plant in Little Village. Both plants are operated by Midwest Generation, LLC, a subsidiary of Edison Mission Group. Both plants and several other in Illinois were the targets of a recent lawsuit brought by the US EPA, the Illinois Attorney General's Office, and several Illinois environmental and community organizations for numerous pollution violations.
Eight people were arrested for a sit-in blockade of the entrance to the Fisk coal plant. As the march through the Pilsen community passed the plant entrance, eight people left the march, sat down in front of the entrance, and locked arms. The eight were then taken into custody by Chicago Police, and released after processing later in the afternoon.
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Transition Rogers Park was a sponsor of this event
CHICAGO - Nearly 500 people braved rain and unusually cold weather to attend Chicago's largest International Day of Climate Action event -- a mass rally, protest march and blockade of the controversial Fisk coal-fired power station in the Pilsen community in Chicago. Chicago activists were determined to send a strong climate message to President Obama as he and the US government prepares for the December Climate talks in Copenhagen: End Coal! Clean Energy NOW! 350 (ppm) at Copenhagen!
From the main stage, local community members and activists told the story of day-to-day pollution and health effects, which they attribute to the operation of the Fisk plant in Pilsen, and the Crawford plant in Little Village. Both plants are operated by Midwest Generation, LLC, a subsidiary of Edison Mission Group. Both plants and several other in Illinois were the targets of a recent lawsuit brought by the US EPA, the Illinois Attorney General's Office, and several Illinois environmental and community organizations for numerous pollution violations.
Eight people were arrested for a sit-in blockade of the entrance to the Fisk coal plant. As the march through the Pilsen community passed the plant entrance, eight people left the march, sat down in front of the entrance, and locked arms. The eight were then taken into custody by Chicago Police, and released after processing later in the afternoon.
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